JAMAICA VS TAJIKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TAJIKISTAN		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,901	3	1,726	+ 2,175
Stroke	2	1,676	1	2,415	- 739
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	848	15	393	+ 455
Liver Disease	4	560	21	155	+ 405
Hypertension	5	467	8	651	- 183
Diabetes Mellitus	6	439	2	2,077	- 1,638
Low Birth Weight	7	424	18	241	+ 184
Road Traffic Accidents	8	397	12	444	- 47
Birth Trauma	9	345	37	65	+ 280
Lung Disease	10	320	11	452	- 132
Congenital Anomalies	11	294	23	139	+ 156
Stomach Cancer	12	205	19	231	- 26
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	199	42	35	+ 165
Tuberculosis	14	199	54	8	+ 191
Drownings	15	158	51	10	+ 147
Oesophagus Cancer	16	147	34	74	+ 74
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	141	9	587	- 447
Epilepsy	18	116	41	46	+ 70
Kidney Disease	19	111	6	793	- 682
Suicide	20	108	35	70	+ 38
Falls	21	100	33	82	+ 18
Meningitis	22	92	47	16	+ 77
Fires	23	86	46	16	+ 71
Lung Cancers	24	83	10	472	- 389
HIV/AIDS	25	79	7	757	- 678
Pertussis	26	79	67	0	+ 79
Other Injuries	27	78	31	91	- 13
Asthma	28	75	36	65	+ 10
Parkinson's Disease	29	69	25	132	- 63
Liver Cancer	30	64	29	101	- 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	31	60	44	27	+ 34
Lymphomas	32	60	17	251	- 191
Breast Cancer	33	58	14	413	- 355
Endocrine Disorders	34	55	20	176	- 121
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	55	13	436	- 382
Violence	36	46	4	1,484	- 1,438
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	44	32	82	- 39
Alcohol	38	34	55	7	+ 27
Cervical Cancer	39	31	16	358	- 327
Uterin Cancer	40	30	28	106	- 76
Oral Cancer	41	29	39	59	- 30
Leukemia	42	29	26	129	- 100
Pancreas Cancer	43	26	27	119	- 92
Inflammatory/Heart	44	21	24	133	- 112
Maternal Conditions	45	17	43	35	- 18
Ovary Cancer	46	16	30	97	- 81
Upper Respiratory	47	15	65	0	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	48	14	38	60	- 46
Hepatitis B	49	11	59	1	+ 10
Poisonings	50	10	57	2	+ 8
Skin Cancers	51	10	52	10	- 0
Prostate Cancer	52	9	5	883	- 875
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	7	50	11	- 4
Encephalitis	54	7	49	13	- 6
Drug Use	55	6	48	13	- 7
Syphilis	56	6	60	1	+ 5
Tetanus	57	5	63	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	58	5	53	9	- 4
Skin Disease	59	2	22	145	- 143
Hepatitis C	60	2	64	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	61	2	45	19	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	56	3	- 1
Leishmaniasis	63	1	71	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	64	1	40	48	- 47
Chlamydia	65	0	62	0	+ 0
War	66	0	61	1	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Dengue	69	0	58	1	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.